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13 ‘‘Arnokrome III’’ ’ is a trademark of the Arnold 

Engineering Company. 

14 ‘‘Gilphy 36’’ ’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A. 

15 ‘‘Durphynox 17’’ ’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A. 

16This list of uses is illustrative and provided for 

descriptive purposes only. 

17 ‘‘GIN4 Mo,’’ ‘‘GIN5’’ ’ and ‘‘GIN6’’ ’ are the 

proprietary grades of Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. 

1See Certain Tungsten Shot from the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 89 FR 65852 (August 13, 2024) 

(Initiation Notice). 2See Certain Tungsten Shot from the People’s 

Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 89 FR 78848 (September 26, 2024). 3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain 

Tungsten Shot from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 65852. 

5.0 percent, phosphorus of no more than 

0.045 percent, sulfur of no more than 0.03 

percent, lanthanum of less than 0.002 or 

greater than 0.05 percent, and total rare earth 

elements of more than 0.06 percent, with the 

balance iron. 

Permanent magnet iron-chromium-cobalt 

alloy stainless strip is also excluded from the 

scope of the Order. This ductile stainless 

steel strip contains, by weight, 26 to 30 

percent chromium, and 7 to 10 percent 

cobalt, with the remainder of iron, in widths 

228.6 mm or less, and a thickness between 

0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits magnetic 

remanence between 9,000 and 12,000 gauss, 

and a coercivity of between 50 and 300 

oersteds. This product is most commonly 

used in electronic sensors and is currently 

available under proprietary trade names such 

as ‘‘Arnokrome III.’’ 13

Certain electrical resistance alloy steel is 

also excluded from the scope of the Order. 

This product is defined as a non-magnetic 

stainless steel manufactured to American 

Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

specification B344 and containing, by weight, 

36 percent nickel, 18 percent chromium, and 

46 percent iron, and is most notable for its 

resistance to high temperature corrosion. It 

has a melting point of 1390 degrees Celsius 

and displays a creep rupture limit of 4 

kilograms per square millimeter at 1000 

degrees Celsius. This steel is most commonly 

used in the production of heating ribbons for 

circuit breakers and industrial furnaces, and 

in rheostats for railway locomotives. The 

product is currently available under 

proprietary trade names such as ‘‘Gilphy 

36.’’ 14

Certain martensitic precipitationhardenable stainless steel is also excluded 

from the scope of the Order. This highstrength, ductile stainless steel product is 

designated under the Unified Numbering 

System (UNS) as S45500-grade steel, and 

contains, by weight, 11 to 13 percent 

chromium, and 7 to 10 percent nickel. 

Carbon, manganese, silicon and molybdenum 

each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent or 

less, with phosphorus and sulfur each 

comprising, by weight, 0.03 percent or less. 

This steel has copper, niobium, and titanium 

added to achieve aging, and will exhibit yield 

strengths as high as 1700 Mpa and ultimate 

tensile strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after 

aging, with elongation percentages of 3 

percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally 

provided in thicknesses between 0.635 and 

0.787 mm, and in widths of 25.4 mm. This 

product is most commonly used in the 

manufacture of television tubes and is 

currently available under proprietary trade 

names such as ‘‘Durphynox 17.’’ 15

Finally, three specialty stainless steels 

typically used in certain industrial blades 

and surgical and medical instruments are 

also excluded from the scope of the Order. 

These include stainless steel strip in coils 

used in the production of textile cutting tools 

(e.g., carpet knives).16 This steel is similar to 

AISI grade 420 but containing, by weight, 0.5 

to 0.7 percent of molybdenum. The steel also 

contains, by weight, carbon of between 1.0 

and 1.1 percent, sulfur of 0.020 percent or 

less, and includes between 0.20 and 0.30 

percent copper and between 0.20 and 0.50 

percent cobalt. This steel is sold under 

proprietary names such as ‘‘GIN4 Mo.’’ The 

second excluded stainless steel strip in coils 

is similar to AISI 420–J2 and contains, by 

weight, carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70 

percent, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 

percent, manganese of between 0.45 and 0.80 

percent, phosphorus of no more than 0.025 

percent and sulfur of no more than 0.020 

percent. This steel has a carbide density on 

average of 100 carbide particles per 100 

square microns. An example of this product 

is ‘‘GIN5’’ steel. The third specialty steel has 

a chemical composition similar to AISI 420 

F, with carbon of between 0.37 and 0.43 

percent, molybdenum of between 1.15 and 

1.35 percent, but lower manganese of 

between 0.20 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus 

of no more than 0.025 percent, silicon of 

between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of 

no more than 0.020 percent. This product is 

supplied with a hardness of more than Hv 

500 guaranteed after customer processing, 

and is supplied as, for example, ‘‘GIN6’’.17

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–179] 

Certain Tungsten Shot From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain 

tungsten shot (tungsten shot) from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2023, through December 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samuel Evans, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2420. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

issued in accordance with section 

703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). Commerce 

published the notice of initiation of this 

investigation on August 13, 2024.1 On 

September 26, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

December 16, 2024.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is tungsten shot from 

China. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 


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6See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

7See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

8See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Align Final 

Determinations,’’ dated November 20, 2024. 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) 

11We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

12See APO and Service Final Rule. 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.6 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.7 For further 

information, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences.’’ 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of tungsten shot from 

China based on a request made by the 

petitioner.8 Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

April 28, 2025, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Zhuzhou KJ Super Materials Co., 

Ltd. (KJ Super), the only individually 

examined exporter/producer in this 

investigation. Because the only 

individually calculated rate is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average rate calculated for KJ 

Super is the rate assigned to all other 

producers and exporters, pursuant to 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Luoyang Combat Tungsten & 

Molybdenum Materials 

Co., Ltd ............................. * 352.20 

Luoyang Hypersolid Metal 

Tech Co., Ltd .................... * 352.20 

Mudanjiang North Alloy 

Tools Co., Ltd ................... * 352.20 

Shaanxi Xinheng Rare Metal 

Co., Ltd ............................. * 352.20 

Xi’an Refractory & Precise 

Metals Co., Ltd .................. * 352.20 

Zhuzhou KJ Super Materials 

Co., Ltd ............................. 73.75 

Zhuzhou Oston Carbide Co., 

Ltd ..................................... * 352.20 

Zhuzhou Tungsten Man Materials Co., Ltd ................... * 352.20 

All Others .............................. 73.75 

* Rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in the case briefs, may be 

filed not later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.9 Interested 

parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must 

submit: (1) a table of contents listing 

each issue; and (2) a table of 

authorities.10

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.11 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination in this investigation. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).12


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1See Aluminum Wire and Cable from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Negative 

Scope Determinations with Respect to Cambodia, 

Korea, and Vietnam; Preliminary Affirmative 

Determinations of Circumvention with Respect to 

Korea and Vietnam; Preliminary Negative 

Determination of Circumvention with Respect to 

Cambodia, 89 FR 64406 (August 7, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determinations), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM); see also 

Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People’s 

Republic of China: Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 70496 

(December 23, 2019) (Orders). 

2See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of 

Affirmative and Negative Preliminary 

Determinations of Circumvention,’’ dated August 

13, 2024. 

3See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Responses 

Submitted by Ruito Wire and Cable Co., Ltd.,’’ and 

‘‘Verification of the Responses Submitted by 

Xiantong Wire and Cable Co., Ltd.,’’ both dated 

November 8, 2024. 

4See Ruito Wire’s Letter, ‘‘Letter in Lieu of Case 

Brief,’’ dated November 18, 2024; see also Xiantong 

Wire’s Letter, ‘‘Letter in Lieu of Case Brief,’’ dated 

November 18, 2024. 

5 Id. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce via ACCESS within 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. Requests should contain (1) the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of participants 

and whether any participant is a foreign 

national; and (3) a list of the issues to 

be discussed. If a request for a hearing 

is made, Commerce intends to hold the 

hearing at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(ITC) Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

imports of tungsten shot from China are 

materially injuring, or threaten material 

injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

703(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the 

investigation is certain tungsten spheres or 

balls, also known as shot, that are 92.6 

percent or greater tungsten by weight, not 

including the weight of any additional 

coating. In scope shot have a diameter 

ranging from 1.5 millimeters (mm) to 10.0 

mm. Subject shot can be referred to as 

‘‘Tungsten Super Shot.’’ Merchandise is 

covered regardless of the combination of 

compounds that comprise the non-tungsten 

material and whether or not the tungsten shot 

is additionally coated with another material, 

including but not limited to copper, nickel, 

iron, or metallic alloys. Tungsten shot subject 

to the investigation may be classified under 

the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS) subheading: 

9306.29.0000. Merchandise may also be 

entered under HTSUS subheading 

8101.99.8000. The HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Analysis of China’s Financial System 

V. Diversification of China’s Economy 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Benchmarks To Determine the 

Adequacy of Remuneration 

IX. Analysis of Programs 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–095, C–570–096] 

Aluminum Wire and Cable From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Negative Scope Ruling With Respect to 

the Kingdom of Cambodia; Final 

Negative Determination of 

Circumvention With Respect to the 

Kingdom of Cambodia 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

imports of aluminum wire and cable 

(AWC) completed in the Kingdom of 

Cambodia (Cambodia) using certain 

AWC inputs manufactured in the 

People’s Republic of China (China) are 

not covered by the scope of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

AWC from China. In addition, 

Commerce determines that AWC 

completed in Cambodia using certain 

AWC inputs manufactured in China are 

not circumventing the AD and CVD 

orders on AWC from China. 

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 7, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

Preliminary Determinations that imports 

of AWC completed in Cambodia using 

certain AWC inputs manufactured in 

China are not covered by the scope of 

the AD and CVD orders on AWC from 

China and that imports of AWC 

completed in Cambodia using certain 

AWC inputs are not circumventing 

Orders.1 Pursuant to section 781(e) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), on August 13, 2024, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) of its preliminary 

negative determination of 

circumvention with respect to 

Cambodia.2 The ITC did not request 

consultations with Commerce. 

Between September 20 and September 

27, 2024, Commerce conducted 

verification of the questionnaire 

responses submitted by the Cambodian 

respondents, Ruito Wire and Cable Co., 

Ltd. (Ruito Wire) and Xiantong Wire 

and Cable Co., Ltd. (Xiantong Wire).3

On November 18, 2024, Ruito Wire 

and Xiantong Wire each submitted a 

letter in lieu of a case brief for 

Commerce to consider for these final 

determinations.4 In their letters, Ruito 

Wire and Xiantong Wire each stated that 

the facts underlying Commerce’s 

negative preliminary scope and 

circumvention determinations have 

been verified as accurate and, as a 

result, that Commerce should issue final 

negative scope and circumvention 

determinations with respect to 

Cambodia.5 No other party submitted 

comments for Commerce to consider for 

these final determinations. 

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by the scope of 

the Orders is AWC from China. For a 

full description of the scope of the 

Orders, see Appendix I of this notice. 


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